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Rostov-on-Don is a trading port for Russian, Italian, Greek and Turkish merchants selling, for example, wool, wheat and oil. It is also an important river port for passengers. The Rostov-on-Don agricultural region produces one-third of Russia's vegetable oil from sunflowers.
Jul 12, 2024 · Rostov-on-Don, city and administrative center of Rostov oblast (province), southwestern Russia. It lies along the lower Don River, above the river’s mouth on the Sea of Azov. It was founded in 1749 as the customs post of Temernika, when the area was still in Turkish hands.
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Lavish private mansions blend in quite well with brutal Soviet buildings in this southern Russian city.
Rostov-on-Don is a colorful merchant port city in southern Russia which, in addition to having one of the largest zoos and botanical gardens in the nation, is known for luxurious merchant mansions, playful theater buildings and diverse museums.
The history of Rostov-on-Don, which today is a large and rapidly developing megalopolis, began with a small border customs house established on the border of the Russian Empire by a decree of...
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